<span style="color: #222222;">A new initiative for supplying hygienic masks, using machines similar to the popular ATMs has been started in the Thuthukudi Municipal Corporation of Tamilnadu.<br />''<br />''Under the initiative, five automatic vending machines for supplying masks have been installed in various busy points of the town.<br />''<br />''Hygienic masks can be purchased from the machines on payment of Rs Five for each mask.<br />''<br />''Each machine has the capacity of storing upto 120 masks at a time.<br />''<br />''The vending machines have been outsourced from Coimbatore, where they have been designed and manufactured under the Make In India initiative of the Government of India.<br />''<br />''The vending machines have been installed in busy places like the Muncipality office, Amma canteen etc where foot falls are on the higher side on all working days.<br />''<br />''Arrangements have been made to periodically sanitize the number pad and other parts of the machine that are invariably touched by the public.<br />''<br />''The machines lower the need for public to public contact for the purchase of masks, thus lessening the possibility of more infections<br />''<br />'' Municipality sources have confirmed that the vending machines have been generally welcomed by the public.</span><br />